From: Richard Bradfield <bradfier@fstab.me>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: btrfs raid 5/6
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 20:17:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20171207201755.xrw3cnirejze54gc@arch.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5A2989E4.1070705@youngman.org.uk>
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 06:35:16PM +0000, Wols Lists wrote:
>On 07/12/17 09:52, Richard Bradfield wrote:
>> I did also investigate USB3 external enclosures, they're pretty
>> fast these days.
>
>AARRGGHHHHH !!!
>
>If you're using mdadm, DO NOT TOUCH USB WITH A BARGE POLE !!!
>
>I don't know the details, but I gather the problems are very similar to
>the timeout problem, but much worse.
>
>I know the wiki says you can "get away" with USB, but only for a broken
>drive, and only when recovering *from* it.
>
>Cheers,
>Wol
>
I'm using ZFS on Linux, does that make you any less terrified? :)
I never ended up pursuing the USB enclosure, because disks got bigger
faster than I needed more storage, but I'd be interested in hearing if
there are real issues with trying to mount drive arrays over XHCI, given
the failure of eSATA to achieve wide adoption it looked like a good
route for future expansion.
--
Richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-12-07 20:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-27 22:30 [gentoo-user] OT: btrfs raid 5/6 Bill Kenworthy
2017-12-01 15:59 ` J. Roeleveld
2017-12-01 16:58 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-01 17:14 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-01 17:24 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-06 23:28 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-06 23:35 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-07 0:13 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-07 0:29 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-07 21:37 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-07 21:49 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-07 22:35 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-07 23:48 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-09 16:58 ` J. Roeleveld
2017-12-09 18:28 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-09 23:36 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-10 9:45 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-10 15:07 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-10 21:00 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-11 1:33 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-11 23:20 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-12 10:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2017-12-12 12:18 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-12 13:24 ` Neil Bothwick
2017-12-07 7:54 ` Richard Bradfield
2017-12-07 9:28 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-07 9:52 ` Richard Bradfield
2017-12-07 14:53 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-07 15:26 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-07 16:04 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2017-12-07 23:09 ` Rich Freeman
2017-12-07 20:02 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-07 18:35 ` Wols Lists
2017-12-07 20:17 ` Richard Bradfield [this message]
2017-12-07 20:39 ` Wols Lists
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